Cabletron Systems RoamAbout User Manual - Summary Of Features
Summary of Features
1-2 Introducing RoamAbout Access Point
Summary of Features
The AP includes the following features:
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Supports any 802.11 Direct Sequence (DS) compliant radio in a wireless client
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.
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Supports ThinWire (10base2) and 10BaseT Ethernet LANs.
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Ideally, an AP can support up to 250 users. However, this number can be
significantly reduced by various factors, such as obstructions in the coverage area
and the amount of network utilization by each client.
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Can be configured to communicate with another RoamAbout Access Point in a
LAN-to-LAN configuration
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Supports 802.11 Wired Equivalent Privacy (WEP)
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and Secure Access Mode.
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Allows wireless clients to roam from one Access Point to another in the same
wireless LAN without losing connectivity.
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Can be standalone or mountable in a MultiSwitch 900 or DEChub 90.
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Can be managed via its local console port or remotely by the RoamAbout Access
Point Manager software, clearVISN system, or Network Management Station
(NMS).
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Supports RMON Groups 1, 2, 3, and 9 (Statistics, History, Alarms, and Events).
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Can be upgraded via a downline-load using BOOTP and TFTP.
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Supports IEEE power management.
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Contains an 8000 node forwarding address database.
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Redundancy through 802.1D Spanning Tree.
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Supports protocol filtering.
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Supports source and destination address filtering.
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Contains various user-selectable parameters.
1. As of V3.0, the AP no longer supports the legacy, non-802.11 PC Cards. If you require the AP to support the earlier ver-
sions of the RoamAbout DS or Frequency Hopping (FH) cards, use AP firmware V2.4, which is included in the AP Manager
diskettes.
2. Requires the AP firmware to be V3.4 or later.
3. Requires the AP firmware to be V4.0 or later.